SR Application Developer - Cognosat CDW Careers

The Senior Application Developer – Cognos supports business process through technology solutions. The purpose of the role is to develop business software solutions for complex and large-scale projects through object and data modeling, database design, programming, quality assurance, and implementation support. The Senior Application Developer – Cognos participates in application standards development and serves as an evangelist for best practices in development.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Collaborate with business teams to clarify requirements and business needs.
• Develop system applications to CDW coding standards and quality.
• Technically manage complex and large-scale project efforts in development, maintenance and enhancements of business system applications.
• Collaborate with other developers to determine the optimal solution architecture to ensure application efficiency, maintainability, and scalability.
• Collaborate with business teams to develop high-level system narratives, storyboards, and user interface prototypes.
• Develop system test plans, ensure software quality assurance (SQA) standards are achieved, and validate that business goals are accomplished.
• Complete projects/tasks on a timely basis, according to commitments made to stakeholders and management.
• Proactively update stakeholders and maintain open and courteous communication.
• Report project/task status to the appropriate Application Development Manager on a weekly basis.
• Utilize an object-oriented software lifecycle methodology.
• Serve as a mentor/technical resource for Application Developers.

Cognos Developer Responsibilities

• Develop visual reports (e.g., dashboards, graphs) in Cognos utilizing data from Framework Models and Multi-dimensional cubes.
• Understand functional requirements of data consumers. Translate those requirements into technical solutions.
• Perform analyses to troubleshoot data issues with BI solutions
• Provide input to the development of report test plans.
• Conduct testing and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with other areas in IT(e.g., DBA’s, Network Engineering, Info Security).
  

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience Qualifications

• 7 years in application development, or 5 years CDW Application Development experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent IT knowledge/experience.

Other Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to mentor and coach others.
• Expertise in the appropriate technical language as aligned under required qualifications below.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and articulate details and impacts of complex proposed software solutions.
• Proven knowledge in all stages of the software development life cycle.
• History of working independently with little direction.
• Strong planning and organizational skills with critical attention to detail and creative problem-solving skills.
• Track record of balancing multiple priorities simultaneously with the ability to adapt to the changing needs of the business while meeting deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with all stakeholders including senior leadership.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving responsibilities

Cognos Required Qualifications

• At least 5 years experience of report development in Cognos.
• 2+ years experience Cognos Administration.
• Proficient with creation of appropriate report views, schedules, deployment archives/promotions
• Proficient with dimensional/cube reporting (strong MDX) and relational reporting
• Working experience with SQL Server databases, building queries, SSIS packages including experience with data warehousing

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with NetVisn, Metamanager, MotioCI or equivalent third-party tools